Dreamed I Saw Soldiers - Neil Halstead

Climbed out the window and stared at the stars

But the moment I wanted had already passed

Lost in the silence, blessed by the night

Dreamed I saw soldiers;

they were all dressed in white

All dressed in white

Well, the summer came late, so I slept here for days

'til Winter was over and my heart could be saved

I walked for a lifetime and I climbed in a hole

She had breasts on the outside, she had breath in her soul

Death in her soul

Placed in a bottle and flung out to sea

I was stung by the thought that the ship was now me

Lost in the silence, blessed by the night

I dreamed I saw soldiers;

they were all dressed in white

All dressed in white

A fellow by nature, I fell for a way

That would shake me all over and spin me around

Twisted my feelings 'til I nearly drowned

It was love at first sight the first time around

Time around

We stared at the walls 'til we lost all the dawn

Waiting for words, I said, «I've been cursed by your love.»

Crying for shame

So what has become of our love?

Of our love?

Now all the neighbors have stolen my stash

I write poems about death;

I ain’t finished one yet

Lost in the silence, blessed by the night

I dreamed I saw soldiers;

they were all dressed in white

All dressed in white